Throughout his 40-year career, Todd also featured in hundreds of films, stage productions and television dramas, including roles in the Transformers and Final Destination films.
In Candyman, Todd’s titular character is the ghost of artist Daniel Robitaille, a black man who was lynched in the 19th Century.
The 1992 film sees Todd’s character accidentally summoned to the real world by a graduate student in Chicago intrigued by the urban legend of the Candyman, setting off a chain of murderous events.
Speaking to the Guardian in 2019, external, Todd recalled the film’s famous scene that sees Candyman swarmed with bees, during which he was stung 23 times and apparently paid a $1,000 bonus each time.
“Everything that’s worth making has to involve some sort of pain,” he remarked.